Matthew Coward-Holley

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Matthew Coward-Holley (born 14 December 1994)[1] is a British sport shooter.

Coward-Holley was a promising rugby player as a teenager but two serious back injuries involving broken vertebrae ended his playing. In order to remain active, he turned to shooting, a sport he had done with his father between the ages of 8 and 12 before taking up rugby.[2]

He participated at the 2019 World Shotgun Championships, where he became the first Briton to win a world title in an individual Olympic shotgun discipline.[3] He went on to win two medals at the 2021 European Shooting Championships, including trap gold.[4]

He qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics, securing bronze in the men's trap.[5][6]

At the European Championships in Châteauroux he took silver in men’s trap.[7]

References

  1. ↑"Athlete Profiles | MATT COWARD-HOLLEY". British Shooting. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ↑"Broken back to GB Olympic medal favourite". BBC Sport. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ↑"Coward-Holley crowned Olympic Trap world champion in Lonato". Eurosport. Sportsbeat. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ↑"European Shooting Championships: Matthew Coward-Holley & Charlotte Hollands win silver". BBC Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ↑"Matthew Coward-Holley leads British shooting team for Tokyo 2020". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ↑"Coward-Holley wins shooting bronze". BBC Sport. 29 July 2021.
  7. ↑"ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 16 September 2025.